Telegram Channel Post & Media Scraper

Scrape Telegram channel posts — text, reactions, hashtags, mentions, forwards, replies, and downloadable media — for research, content archiving, and OSINT. Results return directly in the Apify dataset: no webhook to configure, no Excel export to download.

No shared-session queue. Other Telegram content scrapers route every run through one login, so you wait in line and get capped around 10 channels/run. This Actor runs on a multi-session pool — no queue wait, and up to 25 channels / 1,000 posts each in a single job.

This Actor uses your channel's public post history via the channels.getHistory API and works on any public channel without requiring bot admin access.

To get more functionality use akula.marketing

📥 Input

The Actor accepts the following input fields:

📋 Input Schema

Field	Type	Description	Required	Default
channels	Array	Telegram channel usernames or t.me links to scrape (max 25 per run).	Yes	—
maxPostsPerChannel	Integer	Maximum posts to fetch per channel across the whole run (1–1000).	No	100
daysRange	Integer	Only fetch posts published within the last N days (1–90).	No	30
includeText	Boolean	Include the post text in the results.	No	true
mediaOnly	Boolean	Only return posts that contain media.	No	false
downloadMedia	Boolean	Download and re-host media, returning stable presigned URLs.	No	false

Channels can be provided as @channelname, channelname, or a Telegram URL like https://t.me/channelname.

📤 Output

Results are pushed directly to the Actor's default dataset — one row per scraped post. If a channel can't be scraped (private, not found, or rate-limited), a single row with an error field is added for that channel instead of failing the whole run.

Post fields

Field	Description
channel, channelLink, channelTitle, channelDescription, subscribers	Channel metadata, repeated on every post row
postId, postUrl, date, views, text	Core post data
reactions, totalReactions	List of {emoji, count} and their sum
hashtags, mentions, links	Extracted from post text and entities
hasMedia, mediaUrls, mediaTypes	Media presence, presigned download URLs (7-day expiry), and file types
isForward, forwardFromType, forwardFromId, forwardFromName, forwardChannelPost, forwardPostAuthor, forwardDate	Forward chain details, when the post is forwarded
replyToMsgId, replyToPostUrl	Set when the post is a reply within the channel
editDate	Set when the post was edited after publishing
error, rateLimitSeconds	Set on channel-level failures instead of post data

Example Output

{
  "channel": "@telegram",
  "postId": 454,
  "postUrl": "https://t.me/telegram/454",
  "date": "2026-07-19T17:58:20+00:00",
  "views": 1057413,
  "text": "For all the details on these new features, check out our blog...",
  "reactions": [{"emoji": "👍", "count": 120}],
  "totalReactions": 120,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "links": ["https://telegram.org/blog/..."],
  "hasMedia": true,
  "mediaUrls": ["https://.../channel-content/telegram/454_0.jpg?..."],
  "mediaTypes": ["jpg"],
  "isForward": false,
  "error": null
}

Usage

1. Input channels: Provide one or more channel usernames (e.g. telegram, @telegram, or https://t.me/telegram).
2. Run the Actor: Execute to fetch posts.
3. Read the dataset: Results appear directly in the run's dataset — no webhook or polling required.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you're charged per post scraped (post-scraped event), not per Actor run. Media downloads, hashtag/mention/reaction extraction, and forward/reply metadata are all included at no extra cost.

🔌 Automate with Zapier & Make

No code needed — trigger this Actor from your existing tools.

• Zapier: search for the "Apify" app → action Run Actor → select akula.marketing/telegram-get-channel-content-media → since this Actor returns results directly in the dataset, use the Get Dataset Items action after the run completes to pull the scraped posts into your Zap. Docs
• Make: add the Apify → Run an Actor module, then the Apify → Get Dataset Items module to fetch the results once the run finishes. Docs

Support

Support 24/7 - @KoteamSupport. We also offer specialized solutions for Telegram-related tasks — contact us to learn more

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